Update draft release notes to 1.7.4

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano 2010-11-17 16:43:05 -08:00
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@ -15,9 +15,18 @@ Updates since v1.7.3
/etc/gitattributes; core.attributesfile configuration variable can /etc/gitattributes; core.attributesfile configuration variable can
be used to customize the path to this file. be used to customize the path to this file.
* Bash completion script in contrib/ has been adjusted to be also
usable by zsh.
* "git daemon" can take more than one --listen option to listen to
multiple addresses.
* "git diff" and "git grep" learned how functions and subroutines * "git diff" and "git grep" learned how functions and subroutines
in Fortran look like. in Fortran look like.
* "git mergetool" tells vim/gvim to show three-way diff by default
(use vimdiff2/gvimdiff2 as the tool name for old behaviour).
* "git log -G<pattern>" limits the output to commits whose change has * "git log -G<pattern>" limits the output to commits whose change has
added or deleted lines that match the given pattern. added or deleted lines that match the given pattern.
@ -25,13 +34,36 @@ Updates since v1.7.3
deprecated; we might want to remove it in the future. Users can deprecated; we might want to remove it in the future. Users can
use the new --empty option to be more explicit instead. use the new --empty option to be more explicit instead.
* "git repack -f" does not spend cycles to recompress objects in the
non-delta representation anymore (use -F if you really mean it when
e.g. you changed the compression level).
* "git merge --log" used to limit the resulting merge log to 20 * "git merge --log" used to limit the resulting merge log to 20
entries; this is now customizable by giving e.g. "--log=47". entries; this is now customizable by giving e.g. "--log=47".
* The default "recursive" merge strategy learned --rename-threshold
option to influence the rename detection, similar to the -M option
of "git diff". E.g. "git merge -Xrename-threshold=50% ..." to use
this.
* The "recursive" strategy also learned to ignore various whitespace
changes; the most notable is -Xignore-space-at-eol.
* "git send-email" learned "--to-cmd", similar to "--cc-cmd", to read
recipient list from a command output.
* "git send-email" learned to read and use "To:" from its input files.
* you can extend "git shell", which is often used on boxes that allow * you can extend "git shell", which is often used on boxes that allow
git-only login over ssh as login shell, with custom set of git-only login over ssh as login shell, with custom set of
commands. commands.
* "git submodule sync" updates metainformation for all submodules,
not just the ones that have been checked out.
* gitweb can use custom 'highlight' command with its configuration file.
Also contains various documentation updates. Also contains various documentation updates.
@ -41,14 +73,33 @@ Fixes since v1.7.3
All of the fixes in v1.7.3.X maintenance series are included in this All of the fixes in v1.7.3.X maintenance series are included in this
release, unless otherwise noted. release, unless otherwise noted.
* "diff" and friends incorrectly applied textconv filters to symlinks
(d391c0ff).
* "git apply" segfaulted when a bogus input is fed to it (24305cd70).
* Running "git cherry-pick --ff" on a root commit segfaulted (6355e50).
* "git log --author=me --author=her" did not find commits written by * "git log --author=me --author=her" did not find commits written by
me or by her; instead it looked for commits written by me and by me or by her; instead it looked for commits written by me and by
her, which is impossible. her, which is impossible.
* "git merge-file" can be called from within a subdirectory now
(55846b9a).
* "git push --progress" shows progress indicators now.
* "git repack" places its temporary packs under $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/pack
instead of $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/ to avoid cross directory renames.
* "git rev-list --format="...%x00..." incorrectly chopped its output
at NUL (9130ac9fe).
* "git submodule update --recursive --other-flags" passes flags down
to its subinvocations.
--- ---
exec >/var/tmp/1 exec >/var/tmp/1
O=v1.7.3 O=v1.7.3.2-245-g03276d9
O=v1.7.3.1-42-g34289ec
echo O=$(git describe master) echo O=$(git describe master)
git shortlog --no-merges ^maint ^$O master git shortlog --no-merges ^maint ^$O master